If you identify as a different gender than the one you were assigned at birth, until recently, you had the option of identifying as that gender on federal documents like a passport. 

If you identify as nonbinary, you had the option to mark “X”.

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump changed that.

We’ll hear more about what that means for trans and nonbinary people from Stranger Queer Culture and Politics Reporter Vivian McCall.

If you identify as a different gender than the one you were assigned at birth, until recently, you had the option of identifying as that gender on federal documents like a passport.&nbsp;
If you identify as nonbinary, you had the option to mark &ldquo;X&rdquo;.
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump changed that.
We&rsquo;ll hear more about what that means for trans and nonbinary people from Stranger Queer Culture and Politics Reporter Vivian McCall.

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If you identify as a different gender than the one you were assigned at birth, until recently, you had the option of identifying as that gender on federal documents like a passport.   If you identify as nonbinary, you had the option to mark “X”.  On his first day in office, President Donald Trump changed that.

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